Local Government 101: Fundamentals with Equity & Inclusion Specialization

New for 2018, Local Government 101 returns with new programming combined with its already popular lineup of on demand courses. This certificate program features a new three-session course on equity & inclusion.

Designed for early to mid-career professionals, this online program goes back to the basics – grounding you in the key skills and practices that are the foundation to becoming an effective local government manager. Taught by experienced managers and local government experts, this five-course, 15-session certificate program will impart real-life experience, best practices, and sound advice in the areas most important to a manager’s day-to-day role.

NOTE: Register multiple staff members and receive a discount: 2 or more = 20% off; 5 or more = 30% off; and 10 or more = 50% off. Click here to download instructions on how to take advantage of volume discounts.

Audience:

Early and mid-career managers, assistant managers, and even career-changers.

Course Overview: Local Government 101 provides the basic skills you need to do an outstanding job for your community and make yourself marketable in the increasingly competitive field of local government management. This 15-module program includes the Equity & Inclusion specialization.

Dive into exactly what managers do and the unique political context in which they have to work. This course, based on the 3rd edition of ICMA’s Effective Local Government Manager with new updated material, covers the manager’s role in helping elected officials provide effective leadership, vision for the future, and promote quality in the delivery of local government services.

Subject matter to include:

Ethical leadership

Community leadership and the manager’s role

Navigating the political landscape

Governing body’s role and the manager’s responsibilities to it

How to strengthen policy-making capabilities

Building confidence and promoting a good working environment

Conflict resolution

Strategic planning

Economic development

Smart growth

Community-building with citizens

Developing a positive legacy

Organizational design

Managing IT

Policy formation, implementation, and evaluation

Working with other governments and organizations

Michelle Poché Flaherty

City on a Hill Consulting

Michelle Poché Flaherty of City on a Hill Consulting is an executive coach to elected officials and chief executives from all levels of government. Her leadership workshops are featured at national conferences for ICMA, the National League of Cities and other gatherings of government leaders.

With 20 years of public service experience, Michelle has held senior executive positions in federal, state and local government. She is professionally trained in coaching and a member of the International Coach Federation.

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Mike Conduff

President and CEO, Elim Group

Michael A. (Mike) Conduff is the president and CEO of The Elim Group and also serves as ICMA’s senior advisor for governance. Conduff is a multiple time best-selling author with Jack Canfield (of Chicken Soup fame) for their book The Success Secret and with Brian Tracy for their book Pushing to the Front – Front Line Strategies from the World’s Leading Experts. Additionally, he writes a regular governance column for Public Management (PM) magazine, is a contributing author to the ICMA Green Book series and is frequently published or quoted in other national publications.

This three-part course will help you understand bias, how it affects society today, and how equity and inclusion issues touch all aspects of local government management. You will discuss the role of implicit bias and how it plays out at the individual and institutional levels. You will learn how to make the business case for equity and inclusion programs, as well as the hard and soft skills you’ll need to ensure that your organization is doing everything it can to be fair and inclusive for its staff and the community it serves.

Topics covered include:

Understanding key terminology

The history of inequities in the United States

The intersections between different types of bias

Normalizing conversations about race Structural bias close to home

Organizing to advance racial equity

Operationalizing racial equity

Communicating about race

The recent findings of ICMA research project “Recruiting and Retaining Underrepresented Groups”

The hiring process and how to minimize the impact of bias on it

Managing a heterogenous team

Kendra L. Smith, Ph.D.

ICMA Presenter

Kendra L. Smith, Ph.D., is the associate director for community engagement and research in the Office of Community Engagement in the Center for Population Health Sciences - School of Medicine at Stanford University. She is responsible for expanding the ethical use and knowledge of community-engaged research throughout the Stanford School of Medicine community. She accomplishes this through original research, facilitating seminars and workshops, promoting diversity, and developing community partnerships. Previously, Dr. Smith served as a policy analyst at the Morrison Institute for Public Policy and a research fellow at the Center for Urban Innovation, both at Arizona State University. She is experienced in designing and executing local, state, and national research and evaluation projects. Additionally, Dr. Smith provides independent consulting services to various organizations on topics related to workforce development, community engagement, capacity building, local government, and diversity programs.

Dr. Smith earned a doctorate in community resources and development of Arizona State University, a master’s in public administration from the University of Oklahoma, and a bachelor’s degree from the University of Central Oklahoma.

Dive into exactly what managers do and the unique political context in which they have to work. This course, based on the 3rd edition of ICMA’s Effective Local Government Manager with new updated material, covers the manager’s role in helping elected officials provide effective leadership, vision for the future, and promote quality in the delivery of local government services.

Dive into exactly what managers do and the unique political context in which they have to work. This course, based on the 3rd edition of ICMA’s Effective Local Government Manager with new updated material, covers the manager’s role in helping elected officials provide effective leadership, vision for the future, and promote quality in the delivery of local government services.

This three-part course will help you understand bias, how it affects society today, and how equity and inclusion issues touch all aspects of local government management. You will discuss the role of implicit bias and how it plays out at the individual and institutional levels. You will learn how to make the business case for equity and inclusion programs, as well as the hard and soft skills you’ll need to ensure that your organization is doing everything it can to be fair and inclusive for its staff and the community it serves.

Topics covered include:

Understanding key terminology

The history of inequities in the United States

The intersections between different types of bias

Normalizing conversations about race Structural bias close to home

Organizing to advance racial equity

Operationalizing racial equity

Communicating about race

The recent findings of ICMA research project “Recruiting and Retaining Underrepresented Groups”

The hiring process and how to minimize the impact of bias on it

Managing a heterogenous team

Julie Nelson

ICMA Presenter

Julie Nelson is the director of the Government Alliance on Race and Equity, senior vice president at the new Race Forward, and a senior fellow with the Haas Institute for and Fair and Inclusive Society (HIFIS) at the University of California, Berkeley. Nelson is the former director of the Seattle Office for Civil Rights where she served eight years, providing both vision and hands-on work to Seattle’s Race and Social Justice Initiative. She also served in other government positions including the City of Seattle Human Services Department, Administrative Services and Public Utilities, Housing and Urban Development, and Pima County Community Services in Tucson, Arizona.

She has a master’s degree in Economics from the University of Washington and has served on the boards of multiple nonprofits. She is actively involved with community groups working for racial and social justice. Nelson is driven by her passion to realize equity and social justice.

This three-part course will help you understand bias, how it affects society today, and how equity and inclusion issues touch all aspects of local government management. You will discuss the role of implicit bias and how it plays out at the individual and institutional levels. You will learn how to make the business case for equity and inclusion programs, as well as the hard and soft skills you’ll need to ensure that your organization is doing everything it can to be fair and inclusive for its staff and the community it serves.

Topics covered include:

Understanding key terminology

The history of inequities in the United States

The intersections between different types of bias

Normalizing conversations about race Structural bias close to home

Organizing to advance racial equity

Operationalizing racial equity

Communicating about race

The recent findings of ICMA research project “Recruiting and Retaining Underrepresented Groups”

The hiring process and how to minimize the impact of bias on it

Managing a heterogenous team

Julie Nelson

ICMA Presenter

Julie Nelson is the director of the Government Alliance on Race and Equity, senior vice president at the new Race Forward, and a senior fellow with the Haas Institute for and Fair and Inclusive Society (HIFIS) at the University of California, Berkeley. Nelson is the former director of the Seattle Office for Civil Rights where she served eight years, providing both vision and hands-on work to Seattle’s Race and Social Justice Initiative. She also served in other government positions including the City of Seattle Human Services Department, Administrative Services and Public Utilities, Housing and Urban Development, and Pima County Community Services in Tucson, Arizona.

She has a master’s degree in Economics from the University of Washington and has served on the boards of multiple nonprofits. She is actively involved with community groups working for racial and social justice. Nelson is driven by her passion to realize equity and social justice.

One of three sessions in Course 3: Human Resources and Staff Effectiveness

Learn how to build a solid workforce by focusing on recruiting strategies and team building. This human resources course will cover municipal HR, compensation and pay for performance, how to hire the right candidates, and how to evaluate, review, and manage performance.

One of three sessions in Course 3: Human Resources and Staff Effectiveness

Learn how to build a solid workforce by focusing on recruiting strategies and team building. This human resources course will cover municipal HR, compensation and pay for performance, how to hire the right candidates, and how to evaluate, review, and manage performance.

One of three sessions in Course 3: Human Resources and Staff Effectiveness

Learn how to build a solid workforce by focusing on recruiting strategies and team building. This human resources course will cover municipal HR, compensation and pay for performance, how to hire the right candidates, and how to evaluate, review, and manage performance.